By: Stephen Messenger/The Dodo World, meet Davos. Not only is he a very good dog, he’s a very charitable one too. Posted by Al Cooper on Friday, October 30, 2015 Being an energetic and inquisitive Bernese mountain dog, Davos has a special knack for tracking down and retrieving things that most people would probably miss. But rather than…
Cruel Man Chains Dog To A Car And Drags Him By The Neck
By: Sylvia Tan/Relay Hero Animal cruelty is sadly especially prominent within modern society – both dog and cat owners alike abuse their own pets, can you imagine? One example is a dog owner in China, who drags his own dog via a long metal chain tied to his truck! Mind you – the truck was DRIVEN by…
“Aggressive” Shelter Pit Bull To Be Euthanized, Then The Police Force Takes A Chance On Him
By: D.G. Sciortino/Shareably When Leonard came to The Union County Humane Society he was deemed “aggressive” and they knew the pit bull’s demeanor would prevent them being able to adopt him out. So, poor Leonard was scheduled for euthanization. However, Humane Society Director Jim Alloway saw some potential in Leonard and envisioned a brand new future…
Local Cops Needed Cheaper K9s, So They Went To The Animal Shelter And Adopted Pit Bulls
By: Johanna Silver/Little Things Though they’ve proven time and time again that they can be just as sweet and loving as any other dog, pit bulls are still largely assumed to be dangerous and mean. People are so afraid of them that they have even tried to ban them from entire cities, like Montreal. But there are…
Pup Thrown Into Raging Fire Pit And Left for Dead. Family Desperate When Burns Overtake Tiny Body
By: Varvara Budetti We’ll never understand how people can be so cruel as to hurt defenseless animals, and puppy Polo will never get it either. Recently, the 8-month-old lab mix was shockingly thrown into a fire pit by, it is believed, several children. He was badly hurt and his paws and belly were burned. His thick fur…
Hunter Killed After Shot Elephant Falls Over And Crushes Him
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Humanity, in plenty of ways, has had a profoundly negative impact on wildlife. From throwing them into volcanoes to overzealously feeding them when we shouldn’t, it’s not surprising that animals sometimes decide that they’ve had enough, and fight back. Big game hunter Theunis Botha reportedly learned this lesson the hard way. Stalking…
NFL Player Who Loves Animals Helps Save 46 Of Them
By: Kellie Stevens/The Dodo “The more we learned, the more we understood how many dogs need homes.” Last weekend, over a thousand animal lovers packed into a sports arena in Baltimore, Maryland, to see adoptable shelter animals prance down a runway. But an unexpected announcement gave the crowd more than they bargained for. At the end…
Boy Goes To Animal Shelter To Adopt A Dog, Uses Allowance To Rescue 2 Other Dogs
By: Emma Smizer/Shareably One four-year-old boy, named Jaxton Betschart, has done something amazing – and he did it all with his own allowance! For most kids, their allowance will be used for the latest toy or candy. Yet Elyse Betschart was amazed when her son Jaxton decided to do something more humanitarian with his savings by…
Friends Wondered How His 23-Year-Old Dog Lived For So Long. His Secret – “Spoiling” His Dog
By: Kalli Sarkin/Shareably The average lifespan of a dog is extremely short compared to that of a human, but some dogs surprise us with how old they grow to be. This dog didn’t expect a long life when he was given to a shelter at age 16, but what happened after that came as a…